Tokyo shares fell Tuesday morning as an overnight slide in U.S. technology companies triggered selling across a broad range of issues after the Nikkei's gain of more than 2 percent the previous day.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 191.47 points, or 0.84 percent, from Monday to 22,593.27. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was down 7.53 points, or 0.48 percent, at 1,565.49.

Decliners were led by farm and fishery, mining and service issues.

In the currency market, the U.S. dollar moved little in the lower 107 yen zone as a wait-and-see mood prevailed in Tokyo before the Bank of Japan holds a two-day policy meeting through Wednesday.

At noon, it fetched 107.16-21 yen, compared with 107.24-34 yen in New York and 106.98-107.00 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Monday.

The euro was quoted at $1.1340-1340 and 121.55-59 yen against $1.1338-1348 and 121.63-73 yen in New York and $1.1318-1319 and 121.08-12 yen in Tokyo late Monday afternoon.

Semiconductor issues, which have been particularly strong lately as more people work from home amid the coronavirus pandemic, retreated after a sharp fall in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index overnight, brokers said. The index had hit new record highs for three consecutive days.

"Caution against a further expansion of the virus in Japan and elsewhere also led investors to cash in recent profits," said Shingo Ide, chief equity strategist at the NLI Research Institute.

Still, shares' moves were confined to a relatively small range ahead of the outcome of the BOJ meeting, Ide added.

On the First Section, declining issues outnumbered advancers 1,377 to 693, while 100 ended the morning unchanged.

Among chip-related issues, Advantest slumped 190 yen, or 2.7 percent, to 6,800 yen, Screen Holdings sagged 120 yen, or 2.2 percent, to 5,280 yen while Tokyo Electron was down 500 yen, or 1.7 percent, at 28,770 yen.

==Kyodo

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